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Protection and Management of Coastal Habitats in Latvia PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF COASTAL HABITATS IN LATVIA LIFE02NAT/LV/8498 FIRST PROGRESS REPORT WITHOUT PAYMENT REQUEST Covering period 1 April 2002 – 31 May 2003 Report compiled by: Vija Znotiņa, Brigita Laime, Didzis Tjarve, Rita Birziņa, Kārlis Kalviškis Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia Address: Kronvalda bulv.4, Rīga, LV 1010, LATVIA Phone +371-7034875; fax +371-7034874, e-mail [email protected] http://piekraste.daba.lv May 29, 2003 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................3 Background of the project.................................................................................................................................. 3 Overall and specific objectives...........................................................................................................................3 SUMMARY........................................................................................................................................................... 4 Summary of activities during the report period..................................................................................................4 Summary of expenditures during the report period............................................................................................7 DETAILED REPORT OF ACTIVITIES ..............................................................................................................8 A. Preparatory actions, elaboration of management plans and/or action plans. ................................................8 C. Non-recurring habitat management............................................................................................................. 14 D. Recurring habitat management....................................................................................................................14 E. Public awareness and dissemination of results............................................................................................ 15 Annexes................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Annex 1. Functional zoning. ........................................................................................................................... 22 Annex 2. Recommendations of public............................................................................................................. 23 Annex 3. Seminars...........................................................................................................................................25 Annex 4. Web-site............................................................................................................................................29 Annex 5. Publicity............................................................................................................................................30 2 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT The Baltic Sea coast of Latvia is an area of outstanding biological diversity, including habitats of Community importance – embryonic, white, grey and wooded dunes, western taiga and coastal meadows. The number of visitors in the sea coast is steadily growing, and natural habitats suffer mainly from the activities of visitors and inappropriate management. To preserve endangered coastal habitats of Community importance, while promoting the development of local economy, efforts must be made to map the priority natural habitats, maintain and restore endangered habitats, manage human activities, and to educate the public. The Project area is the entire Baltic Sea coast – an approximately 300 m wide coastal zone beginning from the waterline in the terrestrial direction. In Latvia, this territory is traditionally protected as the Baltic Sea coastal protection belt. In areas where threatened habitats of Community importance (dunes, coastal meadows) continue outside of this belt, project actions extend to cover the entire areas of the habitats. The total surface area of the project is 18 000 ha. A total of 45 % of the proposal project territory is in Latvia’s legally protected territory system. However, at present, integrated habitat protection and management of the coast are not yet conducted in Latvia. OVERALL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES The aim of the project is the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of 23 habitat types (7 of them EU priority) and 4 plant species listed in the Habitats Directive, 9 habitat types according to the Bern Convention, and 16 species listed in Birds Directive; development of the basic framework for sustainable management of the coastal protection belt of the Baltic Sea in Latvia; promotion of a network of protected nature areas and micro- reserves of the Baltic Sea coast; raising of public awareness regarding the need for protection of habitats of Community importance. Main actions of the project are: - Mapping and evaluation of habitats of Community importance in the whole coastal protection belt; - Planning of the appropriate protection and management measures in protected nature areas where there currently are no management plans; - Implementation of management measures in the coastal zone in areas with large and increasing visitor activity; - Restoration and maintenance of coastal meadows and grey dunes in areas where immediate protection actions are required (cutting of trees, reeds and bushes, mowing, grazing); removal of aggressive alien plant species (in some areas where they are rapidly expanding in distribution and destroying indigenous flora); 3 - The preparation and dissemination of information about LIFE project and about threatened coastal habitats of Community importance and their protection. The main results expected are: - Conservation measures to protect habitats of Community importance - tested in 14 demonstration sites (including 20 ha of grey dunes and 115 ha of coastal meadows) involving the implementation of habitat protection / management; - Proposed Natura-2000 site network (which is in progress) evaluated; to possible amendments proposed; - Potential Natura-2000 sites in the coastal protection belt identified and assessed; - Digital maps, data bases, functional zoning and appropriate protection measures for coastal habitats of Community importance created and stored in municipalities and governmental environmental institutions; - Plans for appropriate protection measures and management for 4 protected nature areas; - Conducted public awareness programmes for local residents, visitors, land owners, decision makers, business structures (approximately 200 information boards and educational nature path established in the dune zone, 11 seminars held, 7 booklets, 20 leaflets, 1 book published, 2 films produced). SUMMARY SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE REPORT PERIOD Main actions of the project during the report time were: administration of the project; preparation for habitat mapping; elaboration of management plan for Piejūra Nature Park; education of the public. The elaboration of management plan for Piejūra Nature Park was the largest work in the year 2002. This work was started a year earlier as it was planned. In this sub-project we forced all the same problems which are expected in further years of the project – habitat mapping and elaboration of functional zoning; co-operation with municipalities and other state institutions; discussion with landowners and other public; cases of illegal building in the project area; solving conflicts of interests. One of priorities was also the education of public. Efforts were addressed mainly to municipalities, as well state institutions, landowners, residents and visitors of the coastal areas. Five seminars were organised. Together, they were attended by at least 510 people. One leaflet is published (in Latvian and English), about the project, it’s aims and main actions. Web-site of project is established (http://piekraste.daba.lv). At the first half of year 2003, the largest work was the preparation for habitat mapping – purchase of maps, Geographical Information Systems’ seminar, communications with 4 various institutions, training of experts, situation study, gathering information on woodland key habitats. Following constraints were met: • Troublesome bureaucracy of state institutions (purchase maps etc.). • Changes in laws and regulations of government of Latvia. • One more significant constraint is that some activities take mush more work as it was expected. These works are: communication with landowners (information, education); and assisting in preparation of changes of laws (Law on the Protected Belts; Law on the Physical Planning). In conclusion. During the report time, the problem of protection and management of the coast in Latvia is actualised. Project team is established, actions are performed successfully. Co-operation with the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Regional Development and Municipal Affairs, Union of Municipalities of Latvia; other projects (Emerald, Engure LIFE-Nature project), non-governmental organisations (Environmental Protection Club, Latvian Fund for Culture, Coalition Clean Baltic etc.) is established. Table 1. Summary table of the activities during the report period Nr. Action Time plan Status A.1. Preparation of database of landowners and their April 2002 – July In progress interests regarding land use and coastal development. 2003 A.2. Digital
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